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blue gum

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blue gum
n.
A tall timber tree (Eucalyptus globulus) of Australia, having smooth, bluish deciduous bark and lance-shaped aromatic leaves.
blue gum
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a tall fast-growing widely cultivated Australian myrtaceous tree, Eucalyptus globulus, having aromatic leaves containing a medicinal oil, bark that peels off in shreds, and hard timber. The juvenile leaves are bluish in colour
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several other eucalyptus trees See also red gum [1]
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Noun1.blue gumblue gum - tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish
Eucalyptus globulus, fever tree
eucalypt, eucalyptus tree, eucalyptus - a tree of the genus Eucalyptus
Translations
blue gum n (Bot) → blu gum m inv della Tasmania
blue gum n (Bot) → blu gum m inv della Tasmania


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